Canopy

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To cover with, or as with, a canopy.

II. Canopy ·noun An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, ·etc.

III. Canopy ·noun Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, ·etc.

IV. Canopy ·noun A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, ·etc. chiefly as a mark of honor.